tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post2012016143598395674..comments2024-03-04T03:28:33.591-05:00Comments on Tips from Chip: Movie – The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)Chip Laryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-54745011886839607232013-11-18T20:38:33.647-05:002013-11-18T20:38:33.647-05:00Man...that's a hell of a rant, and I pretty mu...Man...that's a hell of a rant, and I pretty much agree down the line. The Prestige is the most overrated film of the last however many years. It requires all of the characters to be complete idiots and has gaping plot holes in it that the Nolanites (love that word) refuse to recognize.<br /><br />I pretty much feel the same way about Tarantino fans.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-35301099451474791622013-11-18T08:48:02.800-05:002013-11-18T08:48:02.800-05:00You got the one that I thought people might overlo...You got the one that I thought people might overlook because the title could easily be construed as simply a generic line in the song - It Came from Outer Space.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-88677370231725538542013-11-18T08:44:47.514-05:002013-11-18T08:44:47.514-05:00Ah. Well, I mentioned myself that I wasn't ha...Ah. Well, I mentioned myself that I wasn't happy with the fan interaction and that I felt the plot was silly and everyone was overacting. What tipped it for me is that I did like several of the songs. I know how you tend to feel in the first place if songs in a movie don't integrate into the flow, then if you add to that that you don't even like the songs then I can easily understand why you'd hate this.<br /><br />In regards to the fandom I also mentioned that I didn't think it was deserving of the immense amount of reaction that it has gotten. As long as I don't have to sit in a theater with them, though, the fans don't bother me.<br /><br />In regards to MP and the Holy Grail, we're flipped. I'm one of the few people on the planet who doesn't think it's wonderful. I laughed exactly twice the entire movie - the Frenchman yelling curses from the castle wall and a soldier running up and hitting the castle with his sword as they are being told to "run away." Fans of this movie don't bother me either, though.<br /><br />You know the one fan group I can think of that does actively bother me? The Nolanites. Dark Knight is the most awesomest movie ever made. Anything from Marvel sucks. One of them even left a "Chip is a douche" response to my positive, but not glowing, review of The Dark Knight Rises. They actively fill up the IMDB boards for any and all Marvel movies with trolling comments. Their attempts to get The Dark Knight up to #1 on the IMDB Top 250 actually dropped The Godfather out of the top. All that did was raise The Shawshank Redemption back up to number one because the Nolanites were apparently not smart enough to also vote down Shawshank when they were voting down The Godfather. I find this level of effort being expended to prove their fandom completly insane. (It would have taken tens of thousands, if not more than one hundred thousand, votes to even start to nudge the movies at the top around.) I think Nolan has done some damn good movies (i.e. Memento, Inception), but I also think he's done some that are pretty silly if you stop to think about them.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-84298863368914493262013-11-17T23:42:10.057-05:002013-11-17T23:42:10.057-05:00I will endeavor to be less cryptic.
I hate this ...I will endeavor to be less cryptic. <br /><br />I hate this film. I hate everything about it. I hate the songs, the campiness, the costumes, the plot. It's not the worst film I've ever seen, but it is one of the most annoying. A big part of the reason it's so annoying is the fans. It's the same reason I hate Notre Dame--it's not so much the school, but the mindless, robotic love for it. I see the same thing here. Frankie fans are like those annoying people who quote the entirety of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I mean, I can quote the whole thing, too--I just don't do it.<br /><br />My wife, on the other hand, loves it.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-67048918926524130082013-11-17T12:35:50.036-05:002013-11-17T12:35:50.036-05:00How did I miss King Kong! I forgot the runes in N...How did I miss King Kong! I forgot the runes in Night of the Demon. I've seen all, I think, but Tarantula, The Day of the Triffids, and When Worlds Collide.<br /><br />Agree there are no androids in Dr. X - just mad scientists.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-42906488432131126592013-11-17T12:22:20.260-05:002013-11-17T12:22:20.260-05:00"Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and K..."Then something went wrong for Fay Wray and King Kong" - King Kong<br /><br />"Dana Andrews said prunes gave him the runes" - I believe this is Night of the Demon aka Curse of the Demon.<br /><br />Two other notes:<br /><br />1. The line "see androids fight" in the chorus doesn't refer to Dr. X, at least I don't think it does. I believe it's just a generic reference, so you might say there are 12 movie references.<br /><br />2. It's The Day of Triffids, not Night. Other than that, all nine you mentioned are correct. Congrats.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-92155303959018041322013-11-17T11:18:51.317-05:002013-11-17T11:18:51.317-05:00I got - The Day the Earth Stood Still; Flash Gordo...I got - The Day the Earth Stood Still; Flash Gordon; The Invisible Man; It Came from Outer Space; Dr. X; Forbidden Planet; Tarantula; The Night of the Triffids; When Worlds Collide<br /><br />That's nine - What are the other two you got?marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-32531110699834243062013-11-17T11:11:29.272-05:002013-11-17T11:11:29.272-05:00Well, that was cryptic.Well, that was cryptic.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4564277570960354470.post-9324945391398499342013-11-16T23:19:17.471-05:002013-11-16T23:19:17.471-05:00I'm going to just walk away slowly from this o...I'm going to just walk away slowly from this one...SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.com